Mansory Carbon Fibre G-Couture
Some collaborations between exotic auto tuners and fashion designers go disastrously wrong – yes, we mean you, Mr. Audigier – when the arty types get it into their heads that a Lamborghini might look good with some godawful tattoo nonsense on its bonnet. Mansory’s new confab with German designer Philipp Plein on a carbon fibre version of Mercedes’ G55 AMG, dubbed the G-Couture, is elegant and understated compared to these automotive abortions however. Limited to just seven examples, the exterior finish was achieved with an “autoclave-prepreg” process borrowed from the aviation industry.
Mansory has replaced many of the stock V8 engine’s components with ones from the SLR, giving power a boost to the tune of 700 hp and 880 Nm of torque, making an already fast ride near neck-snapping. The interior goes a bit AWOL with genuine python skin detailing in silver and crowned G-Couture logos in the headrests, but other innovations such as replacing the back bench with four single seats and a continuous central console reaching from the back seat to the cockpit with an integrated entertainment system are essentially sound.
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